“Anna” Original Song by Joe Downer
Songwriting is limitless. The ability to expresses feelings and emotions, and to tell stories through song is why I’ve been drawn to music and songwriting for most of my life
Anna is a story about an unnamed lowlife who’s world is changed by the love of one woman, Anna. When she shows him love like he’s never known, his world is turned upside down, and for the better. Then a war breaks out, and Anna’s heart compels her to sign up to help nurse the wounded. She sails off, and is killed while serving at the front, being a beacon of light, hope, and love, to those who are fighting. Upon hearing the news of her death, the man back home that she loved like no other pens these words in grief, pleading for her to return to him, all the while knowing he will never again see her.
The impact we have on each other’s lives may never fully be known to us. But that impact can be far-reaching. You never know how one act of love can change someone’s life.
-Joe
